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Monthly Archives: November 2006

This is the point where blogging isn’t so attractive, so imagine something witty here. It’s a bit of a slog to get to 35,000 words, which (despite what the little sticker says) is my goal by the end of tomorrow. Still, I’ve successfully imprisoned both of my main characters, and I think they’ll most likely kill them in the morning. That must count for something.

I’m sad about this, there’s just no other way to say it. According to a letter they sent to TheOneRing.Net, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh won’t be involved in making The Hobbit or other LOTR prequel films made by New Line. I won’t try to summarize the circumstances here (the post is very thorough in order to stay balanced), but I totally understand PJ’s reasons for not playing ball. I just hope that New Line thinks twice about their decision, or The Hobbit will be a poorer film for their lack of foresight.

Not much to write about today, but I feel obligated to do so. (I think that comes with the territory.) Chapter 8 is finished now, which means 6 chapters to go. I’m well into the part of my outline that has the most question marks, so the characters have started doing their own driving. All I know is that they need to end up at a certain library with a certain point of view by chapter 11, but they get to choose their own path to get there. That’s actually sounds a lot more future-focused than I actually am; it’s just a way of saying “i write what the voices tell me.”

Oh, and yes, I skipped another day. Technically I did write 13 words yesterday, but that was just so I wouldn’t get that sad little empty spot in my progress chart again. It was a long day, and Doctor Who won out over Technomage. I’m still on track, both in terms of word count and the two-days-per-chapter thing. I can’t miss another day like that, but… well, I just can’t, I guess.

Finished chapter 7 today, which is halfway through my newly-revised 14 chapters. Halfway through the word count, too. That’s a handy thing, because the month is halfway gone as well.

It’s really starting to feel like I’m over the hump; the characters are moving themselves along, I’m writing over 2000 words in a sitting (which helps with all the procrastinating I do), and the plot is shaping up quite nicely. I got a bit talky with this chapter, but I made up for it at the end by having one of the main characters kick some a$$ with his own brand of tinker-fu. I’m really looking forward to these next few chapters, because the other main character now gets to learn some of that tinker-fu from the master, which means I get to figure out how it all works.

Let’s just hope I can think of a reason for it all before I have to write an ending. But hey, we’ll burn that bridge when we come to it.

Not much to report today. Writing is proceeding apace, and I’ve just completed Chapter 6. I added a bit of it to my WriMo profile excerpt thingy, because it didn’t seem completely stinky. Both that and my word count from the past two days were surprising, because I managed to clock myself on the head with a ceramic bookend on Sunday. It’s a long story, but it meant I was writing 2000 words a day even while K watched me to make sure I didn’t have a concussion. Who knows, maybe it knocked out my Inner Critic instead.